Movies Releasing: the Week of November 11, 2005 |
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Derailed |
DVD Release Date : March 21, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Mikael Håfström. |
Starring : Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Melissa George. |
Runtime : 110 minutes. Genre : Thriller. |
Official Website : http://www.weinsteinco.com/derailed/ |
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"Derailed" is a suspense thriller about ad exec and family man Charles Schine (Clive Owen) who meets business woman, Lucinda (Jennifer Aniston), on the commuter train to Chicago. Flirtation quickly escalates, but their fling turns dangerous when a violent criminal, LaRoche (Vincent Cassel), blackmails them, promising to reveal their indiscretion and threatening their families if they do not pay him. With their lives thrown terrifyingly off-course, they must figure out how to turn the tables on LaRoche and save their families. |
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
DVD Release Date : March 28, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Jim Sheridan. |
Starring : Viola Davis, 50 Cent, Terrence Dashon Howard, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Bill Duke, Walter Alza, Benz Antoine, Arlene Duncan, Omar Benson Miller, Pedro Miguel Arce. |
Runtime : 117 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.getrichordietryingmovie.com/ |
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A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music. |
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Zathura |
DVD Release Date : February 14, 2006 |
Réalisateur : Jon Favreau. |
Starring : Tim Robbins, Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart. |
Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Action, Adventure, Science fiction. |
Official Website : http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/zathura/ |
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In Columbia Pictures heart-racing sci-fi adventure "Zathura," two squabbling brothers are propelled into deepest, darkest space while playing a mysterious game they discovered in the basement of their old house. On their fantastic journey they are joined by a stranded astronaut and must survive meteor showers, hostile lizard-like aliens, a rocket-propelled robot run amok and an intergalactic spaceship battle. But their greatest peril lies ahead. For unless they finish the game and reach the planet Zathura, they are doomed to be trapped in outer space forever. "Zathura" is based on the best-selling book by the acclaimed children's writer Chris Van Allsburg ("The Polar Express," "Jumanji"). |
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Bee Season |
DVD Release Date : April 04, 2006 |
Réalisateur : David Siegel, Scott McGehee. |
Starring : Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth. |
Runtime : 105 minutes. Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : Not Available |
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Eliza Naumann (Flora Cross) has no reason to believe she is anything but ordinary. Her father Saul (Richard Gere), a beloved university professor, dotes on her talented elder brother Aaron (Max Minghella). Her scientist mother, Miriam (Juliette Binoche), seems consumed by her career. When a spelling bee threatens to reaffirm her mediocrity, Eliza amazes everyone: she wins. Her newfound gift garners an invitation not only to the national competition, but an entrée into the world of words and Jewish mysticism that have so long captivated her father's imagination. But Eliza's unexpected success hurls the Naumann family dynamic into a tailspin, long-held secrets emerge and she is forced to depend upon her own divination to hold the family together. "Bee Season" is based on the nationally best selling Myla Goldberg novel of the same name. |
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Ellie Parker |
Réalisateur : Scott Coffey. |
Starring : Naomi Watts, Chevy Chase, Rebecca Riggs, Scott Coffey, Mark Pellegrino. |
Genre : Comedy. |
Official Website : http://www.strandreleasing.com/In_Theaters_Details.asp_Q_id_E_189 |
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Ellie Parker (Naomi Watts) races around town from one audition to another, changing make-up, clothes and personality. She speeds along, barely attending to her whirlwind life as she strives to get cast in a movie. Her best friend Sam (Rebecca Rigg), her boyfriend Justin (Mark Pellegrino) and her new fling Chris (Scott Coffey) just don’t seem to help. As Ellie considers giving up after losing faith in the craft, her manager Dennis (Chevy Chase) doesn’t exactly talk her out of it. One last insane audition for Ellie, and she’s back in the game… or is she? |
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Duane Hopwood |
Réalisateur : Matt Mulhern. |
Starring : David Schwimmer, Janeane Garofolo, Judah Friedlander, Dick Cavett, Susan Lynch, Steven R. Schirripa. |
Genre : Drama. |
Official Website : http://www.ifcfilms.com/ifcfilms?CAT0=3127&CAT1=6766&AID=14808&CLR=red&BCLR= |
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David Schwimmer stars as "Duane Hopwood," a down-on-his-luck divorced father who works the night shift as a pit boss at Caesars Palace in Atlantic City. Heartsick about the demise of his marriage to Linda (Janeane Garofolo), Duane does nothing much in his daily life but work and drink. When his visitation rights are threatened after he's caught driving while intoxicated with his daughter in the backseat, Duane confronts the realization that the time has come to get his life back on track before he loses everything. A moving and humorous look at the limits of unconditional love, what defines a family, and how we're all responsible for our own happiness, "Duane Hopwood" was written and directed by Matt Mulhern. |
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